Love Wears A Stetson "Wyatt" by Anne Marie Beck Read Free Book Online Page A

belong.
    “She is not going anywhere with you. She is right where she belongs.”
    “And just who do think you are?”
    “My name is Wyatt Walker and I’m the man, who truly loves her.”
    My mouth dropped open at the declaration of love from Wyatt.
    Cowboy, I don’t care who you are or what you think. I’m the right person for her. I can give her anything she wants. What can you offer her, a life in this hell hole? ”
    I saw the last statement had hit a nerve.
    Wyatt took a step back before he removed his hat and shook his head. He walked over to me standing next to the truck.
    “He’s right, I can’t offer you anything.”
    “No Wyatt he’s not.”
    Wyatt shook his head again, stepped back with his hat in his hand and looked at me. He walked around his truck, got in and drove away leaving me standing there.
     
    ~*~*~*~
     
    As soon as the words were said, I knew he was right. What did I have to offer Kenna? I lived at home with my mom, worked on a ranch that some years barely broke even. I made furniture. He was right, why I should condemn her to a life like this, when she can have whatever she wanted when she wanted it from Mason.
    I pulled into the driveway and walked through the front door and went straight to my room. What was I thinking? I took off my hat and threw it across the room. I kicked off my boots and I flopped down on my bed. I never want to get up from it again.
    A knock sounded on the door. I ignored it. The knock sounded again more forcefully this time.
    “Wyatt dear, are you okay? Carson is on the phone and he wants to talk to you.”
    “Tell him, I’ll talk to him tomorrow. I’m not in the mood right now.”
    The door opened slowly, as mom cautiously entered my room. She looked at me with a concerned expression.
    “Dear, what happened, didn’t you have a good time? Tell me what’s going, Wyatt.”
    “We had a wonderful time mom, the best of my life. When we returned her ex from California was waiting for her. He wants to take her back to California.”
    “And, she wants to go?”
    “I don’t know, but she needs too. He pointed out something that, I just never thought about. I’ve gotten all wound up in the moment, where Kenna is concerned, but now, now, I know that I’m not what she needs. He can give her, whatever she wants. I don’t have a damn thing, not even a roof over my head that belongs to me.”
    “Awww son, don’t give up….”
    “No mom, it’s done. She needs to go back to California.”
    Mom stepped back out of my room and closed the door behind her. I heard her footsteps going back down stairs.

Chapter 15
     
    I woke up to a pounding headache and sun screaming through the window. I lifted my head and I could feel that my eyes were swollen from crying myself to sleep. How could Wyatt, just leave me like that, telling me I needed to go back to California with Mason, Was he nuts? He just got into his truck and left. Carson said he wouldn’t take his call last night, but he would try again today.
    It had taken calling the sheriff, to get Mason to leave. I told him, if he ever came back, I would get a restraining order taken out on him. How dare he come here and just expect me just to coming running into his arms, all happy to see him. The sheriff and my dad, made it quite clear to him, he was not welcome here, and that he was trespassing. I never wanted to see his cheating face again, but I knew the damage had been done. With just a few words, he had ruined my whole life.
    A knock on my door sounded and my dad cracked open my door.
    “How you doing hon, Do you want some breakfast?”
    “No thanks dad, but thank you anyway.”
    Dad walked in the bedroom and sat down on the edge of the bed. He took my hand in his two rough callused ones.
    “Hon, he’ll be back. Emotions were really high last night. He just wasn’t thinking clearly, is all? You’ll see.”
    “I don’t think so dad, Wyatt’s a proud man. I could see it in his face that he thought he wasn’t